Valor of Many Stripes

Scott Baron, an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and former law enforcement officer teaches United States history in Salinas, California.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

Introduction

Kemp Tolley: The Man Who Almost Started World War II

Kermit Tyler: Pursuit Officer, Fort Shafter, Oahu, Hawaii Territory

Edwin P. Ramsey: The Last Horse Cavalry Charge in U.S. Military History

James R. Roosevelt: Second Marine Raider Battalion at Makin Island

Douglas Munro: Only Coast Guard Medal of Honor

Demas T. Craw and Pierpont M. Hamilton: Operation Torch

The Niland Brothers: Inspiration for Saving Private Ryan

The Borgstrom Brothers: Further Inspiration for Saving Private Ryan

The Stokes Twins: Awarded the Silver Star for the Same Action

Guy “Gabby” Gabaldon: The “Pied Piper of Saipan,” from Hell to Eternity

Eugene B. Fluckey: Only Sub Commander to “Torpedo” a Train

John C. “Jack” Lee, Jr.: Joint German American Force at the End of World War II

Operation Ginny II: Execution of 15 American Commandos

Matt Urban: Most Decorated Soldier in American History

Maynard H. “Snuffy” Smith: First Enlisted Airman Medal of Honor (Europe)

Joseph T. ­O’Callahan: Only Chaplain Awarded Medal of Honor in World War II

Silvestre S. Herrera: Medal of Honor Awarded to a Mexican National

Isadore S. Jachman: ­Native-Born German Who Won the Medal of Honor

Richard Nott Antrim: Only Medal of Honor Awarded to a POW During World War II

Roddie Edmonds: First U.S. Serviceman Named “Righteous Among the Nations”

Charles Valentine August: Twice a POW in the Same War

Virginia Hall: World War II’s Most Dangerous Spy

Moe Berg: Catcher, Scholar, Intelligence Officer

Bert Shepard: ­One-Legged Major League Pitcher

William Augustus Read, Jr.: Coconuts and the Navy Cross

Bruce Ward Carr: Departed in a Mustang, Returned in a ­Focke-Wulf

Chips: U.S. Army War Dog Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross

Index